FISHING/COMMERCIAL: Provides for reporting and data collection for commercial menhaden fishing
HB 886 requires commercial menhaden fishing operations to submit harvest data to Louisiana's legislature. It removes confidentiality for these reports when received by a legislative committee, overriding existing privacy rules. This means committee members and the public can access the data, which tracks commercial fishing activity. The bill directly affects commercial menhaden fishermen and legislative committees handling the data. It changes how fishing data is shared with lawmakers but does not alter fishing practices or quotas.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Signed May 29, 2026
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MINOR
This bill enacts a specific subsection of the commercial menhaden harvest reporting law and repeals a confidentiality provision. The primary change is that reports submitted by legislative committees regarding menhaden fishing are no longer considered confidential, allowing for public access to this data. Additionally, the bill clarifies that monthly reporting rules apply to this process.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on commercial menhaden harvest data reporting, but it alters the confidentiality status of reports held by legislative committees.
REQUIREMENT
Added Section 2 to explicitly repeal the confidentiality requirement for reports received by a legislative committee under R.S. 56:325.5(A)(1)(c).
Modified the enacted text of R.S. 56:325.5(D) to clarify that reports received by a legislative committee pursuant to the reporting requirement are not confidential.
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2026 · House Apr 14, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 13, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 4, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Orgeron
RRepublican
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